If you're making a list of the greatest film acting debuts of all time, Kate Winslet's unnervingly ecstatic portrayal of Juliet Hulme in Peter Jackson's "Heavenly Creatures" better be at or near the top of the list -- and you should absolutely tether it to co-star Melanie Lynskey's startling debut as Pauline Parker in the same fantastic movie. You can't set the bar any higher than this, and all the two actors have done over the last 30 years is meet or surpass our expectations.
While Lynskey ultimately found her groove as a versatile and rousingly effective character actor, Winslet's career skyrocketed to superstardom in 1997 when she landed the role of Rose in James Cameron's disaster epic "Titanic." Her red-hot romance with Leonardo Di Caprio's dashing Jack granted her cinematic immortality, at which point she was faced with the daunting challenge of living up to mainstream moviegoers' expectations.
While Lynskey ultimately found her groove as a versatile and rousingly effective character actor, Winslet's career skyrocketed to superstardom in 1997 when she landed the role of Rose in James Cameron's disaster epic "Titanic." Her red-hot romance with Leonardo Di Caprio's dashing Jack granted her cinematic immortality, at which point she was faced with the daunting challenge of living up to mainstream moviegoers' expectations.
- 3/5/2024
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Jane Campion will be honored with Next Generation Indie Film’s 2023 Luminary Award. The director will accept the award at the third annual gala, which will take place on Oct. 29 at the Loews Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles.
Next Generation Indie Film Awards is a non-profit organization for independent authors and publishers. It bestows the Luminary Award on a “transformative figure in the industry, an artist whose work and journey are a North Star to the filmmaking community, especially at a time when art and inspiration are much-needed.” Rian Jonhson was the inaugural recipient of the Luminary Award in 2022.
Campion’s most recent film, 2021’s “The Power of the Dog,” a searing Western drama about a hardened rancher (Benedict Cumberbatch) who torments his brother’s wife (Kirsten Dunst) and her son (Kodi Smit-McPhee), was regarded as one of the best of the year and received 12 Oscar nominations. Campion won the Academy Award for best director,...
Next Generation Indie Film Awards is a non-profit organization for independent authors and publishers. It bestows the Luminary Award on a “transformative figure in the industry, an artist whose work and journey are a North Star to the filmmaking community, especially at a time when art and inspiration are much-needed.” Rian Jonhson was the inaugural recipient of the Luminary Award in 2022.
Campion’s most recent film, 2021’s “The Power of the Dog,” a searing Western drama about a hardened rancher (Benedict Cumberbatch) who torments his brother’s wife (Kirsten Dunst) and her son (Kodi Smit-McPhee), was regarded as one of the best of the year and received 12 Oscar nominations. Campion won the Academy Award for best director,...
- 10/29/2023
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
In 2022, Jane Campion made history as the first female director to be nominated for Best Director twice. And then, for “The Power of Dog,” she followed through and won, becoming the third female director to take home the top prize.
The win was a triumphant and long overdue achievement for Campion, who has consistently been one of the best directors actively working since her 1989 feature debut “Sweetie.” The black comedy about a dysfunctional family marked the New Zealand-born director as a great talent immediately, entering the Cannes Film Festival and taking home an Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Film shortly afterwards. Just a year later, Campion released her first masterpiece: the Janet Frame biopic, “An Angel at My Table.”
From there, her 1993 feature “The Piano” netted Campion her first Best Director nomination, while efforts like “The Portrait of a Lady,” “Holy Smoke,” “In the Cut,” and “Bright Star” received acclaim.
The win was a triumphant and long overdue achievement for Campion, who has consistently been one of the best directors actively working since her 1989 feature debut “Sweetie.” The black comedy about a dysfunctional family marked the New Zealand-born director as a great talent immediately, entering the Cannes Film Festival and taking home an Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Film shortly afterwards. Just a year later, Campion released her first masterpiece: the Janet Frame biopic, “An Angel at My Table.”
From there, her 1993 feature “The Piano” netted Campion her first Best Director nomination, while efforts like “The Portrait of a Lady,” “Holy Smoke,” “In the Cut,” and “Bright Star” received acclaim.
- 8/23/2023
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
Elizabeth Olsen and veteran actor Josh Brolin collaborated on more projects than The Avengers franchise. While doing another, more intimate feature, Brolin and Olsen were scripted to do a love scene. But Brolin’s daughter might have made that sequence particularly hard on him.
Elizabeth Olsen once commented on doing love scenes with a much older Josh Brolin Elizabeth Olsen | Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Olsen and Brolin both once co-starred in the Spike Lee project Oldboy. She confided that she pursued the movie after reading the script. Olsen remembered having a terrifying reaction to the story that stuck with her.
“When I read the script, I was so freaked out and disturbed and heartbroken,” Olsen once told Daily News. “There’s no moral compass to the film.”
Filmmaker Lee was also a huge motivator for Olsen to do the film. She shared that Lee was the most collaborative director she’d worked with at the time.
Elizabeth Olsen once commented on doing love scenes with a much older Josh Brolin Elizabeth Olsen | Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Olsen and Brolin both once co-starred in the Spike Lee project Oldboy. She confided that she pursued the movie after reading the script. Olsen remembered having a terrifying reaction to the story that stuck with her.
“When I read the script, I was so freaked out and disturbed and heartbroken,” Olsen once told Daily News. “There’s no moral compass to the film.”
Filmmaker Lee was also a huge motivator for Olsen to do the film. She shared that Lee was the most collaborative director she’d worked with at the time.
- 6/21/2023
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
These days Jane Campion – Palme d’Or and Oscar-winning film director – is celebrated for a vein of heartfelt cinema that is aching and quirky, rather than gushing. She’s also an intelligent and determined female pioneer who has had to struggle for her present standing in a male-dominated industry.
The Sydney Film Festival this week is showcasing and contextualizing her body of work. Its screening program includes all nine of her feature works, from “Two Friends” to “The Power of the Dog,” and a selection of her short films.
“For our 70th edition, we wanted to present a retrospective commensurate with the milestone, reflecting the audacious and boundary pushing filmmaking synonymous with our festival and region. There was no one more appropriate than Jane Campion,” said Sff director Nashen Moodley in notes ahead of the event.
On Saturday, the festival screened Julie Bertucelli’s 2022 documentary “Jane Campion, the Cinema Woman...
The Sydney Film Festival this week is showcasing and contextualizing her body of work. Its screening program includes all nine of her feature works, from “Two Friends” to “The Power of the Dog,” and a selection of her short films.
“For our 70th edition, we wanted to present a retrospective commensurate with the milestone, reflecting the audacious and boundary pushing filmmaking synonymous with our festival and region. There was no one more appropriate than Jane Campion,” said Sff director Nashen Moodley in notes ahead of the event.
On Saturday, the festival screened Julie Bertucelli’s 2022 documentary “Jane Campion, the Cinema Woman...
- 6/11/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
We’ve covered Venice (currently ongoing) and TIFF (beginning this week), so last but definitely not least in our analysis of the fall film festivals and their overall impact on awards season is the New York Film Festival, Film at Lincoln Center’s annual celebration of cinema that’s going into its 60th edition.
SEEBrendan Fraser stuns in ‘The Whale’ at Venice Film Festival: There were ‘visible tears as audience members left the screening’
The very first New York Film Festival took place in 1963 with the opening night film being “The Exterminating Angel” by Luis Buñuel, and over the next 59 years, the festival carefully balanced contemporary world cinema with the work of prominent American and Canadian filmmakers.
One of the reasons the New York Film Festival is so important is because there are a ton of motion picture academy voters living in New York City, who will have their first...
SEEBrendan Fraser stuns in ‘The Whale’ at Venice Film Festival: There were ‘visible tears as audience members left the screening’
The very first New York Film Festival took place in 1963 with the opening night film being “The Exterminating Angel” by Luis Buñuel, and over the next 59 years, the festival carefully balanced contemporary world cinema with the work of prominent American and Canadian filmmakers.
One of the reasons the New York Film Festival is so important is because there are a ton of motion picture academy voters living in New York City, who will have their first...
- 9/7/2022
- by Edward Douglas
- Gold Derby
Jane Campion has always been a film artist who’s gone her own way. With a background in art, Campion soon came to realize that she could better express herself through the medium of film and created a series of short films, one of which, “Peel,” won the Short Film Palme d’Or at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival. In 1989, she segued into feature film direction with “Sweetie,” the first of eight features that she would direct over the next 32 years. Scroll down to see all eight Jane Campion movies ranked from worst to best.
She explored female sexuality in “In the Cut,” “Holy Smoke!,” “Portrait of a Lady” and, most famously in “The Piano,” where Holly Hunter’s character Ada consents to an erotic affair with a frontiersman (Harvey Keitel) which allows her to fulfill her long-repressed sexual desires. (That’s also a theme of Campion’s acclaimed 2013 TV miniseries “Top of the Lake.
She explored female sexuality in “In the Cut,” “Holy Smoke!,” “Portrait of a Lady” and, most famously in “The Piano,” where Holly Hunter’s character Ada consents to an erotic affair with a frontiersman (Harvey Keitel) which allows her to fulfill her long-repressed sexual desires. (That’s also a theme of Campion’s acclaimed 2013 TV miniseries “Top of the Lake.
- 4/23/2022
- by Tom O'Brien, Misty Holland and Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Jane Campion has always been a film artist who’s gone her own way. With a background in art, Campion soon came to realize that she could better express herself through the medium of film and created a series of short films, one of which, “Peel,” won the Short Film Palme d’Or at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival. In 1989, she segued into feature film direction with “Sweetie,” the first of eight features that she would direct over the next 32 years. Scroll through our gallery above (or click here for direct access) to see all eight Jane Campion movies ranked from worst to best.
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She explored female sexuality in “In the Cut,” “Holy Smoke!,” “Portrait of a Lady” and, most famously in “The Piano,” where Holly Hunter‘s character Ada consents to an erotic affair with a...
See Who is Performing at the Oscars 2022?: Full List of Presenters and Performers
She explored female sexuality in “In the Cut,” “Holy Smoke!,” “Portrait of a Lady” and, most famously in “The Piano,” where Holly Hunter‘s character Ada consents to an erotic affair with a...
- 3/25/2022
- by Tom O'Brien
- Gold Derby
NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings.
Film at Lincoln Center
A regular performer for Ozu, Mizoguchi, and Naruse, Kinuyo Tanaka is celebrated in a retrospective of films she directed, as restored by Janus, alongside work by her collaborators.
Bam
“Lynchian” mostly does what it says on the tin—and plenty on 35mm—but also includes those influenced: Perfect Blue, Trouble Every Day, and Uncle Boonmee.
Film Forum
Joseph Losey’s great Mr. Klein has been restored, while School of Rock screens this Sunday.
Roxy Cinema
Manhunter and Ikiru screen on 35mm this weekend.
Paris Theater
The all-35mm Jane Campion retrospective winds down with Holy Smoke and Bright Star.
Metrograph
Metrograph A to Z continues; two Muppet movies screen in Play Time; Eyes Without a Face, Vagabond, and The Young Girls of Rochefort lead “Left Bank Cinema“; South Park and Perfect Blue are in “Late Nights.
Film at Lincoln Center
A regular performer for Ozu, Mizoguchi, and Naruse, Kinuyo Tanaka is celebrated in a retrospective of films she directed, as restored by Janus, alongside work by her collaborators.
Bam
“Lynchian” mostly does what it says on the tin—and plenty on 35mm—but also includes those influenced: Perfect Blue, Trouble Every Day, and Uncle Boonmee.
Film Forum
Joseph Losey’s great Mr. Klein has been restored, while School of Rock screens this Sunday.
Roxy Cinema
Manhunter and Ikiru screen on 35mm this weekend.
Paris Theater
The all-35mm Jane Campion retrospective winds down with Holy Smoke and Bright Star.
Metrograph
Metrograph A to Z continues; two Muppet movies screen in Play Time; Eyes Without a Face, Vagabond, and The Young Girls of Rochefort lead “Left Bank Cinema“; South Park and Perfect Blue are in “Late Nights.
- 3/16/2022
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: Jane Campion will have some new hardware on her mantel come March. The Power of the Dog writer-director and Oscar-winning The Piano scribe is set to receive the Art Directors Guild’s 2022 Cinematic Imagery Award.
She will be honored at the 26th annual Adg Awards on March 5 at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown. Nominations will be announced January 24.
“Long a filmmaker’s filmmaker, Jane Campion’s exacting use of design and style to fully realize her storytelling have made a significant contribution to the visual language of film, while authoring and fostering the genesis of environments that extend the audience experience far beyond the page“We are thrilled to fete acclaimed director Jane Campion among our celebrated filmmakers this year,” said Adg President Nelson Coates, who made today’s announcement with Adg Awards Producer Michael Allen Glover. “Her ability to tell stories and capture moments that marry the interior...
She will be honored at the 26th annual Adg Awards on March 5 at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown. Nominations will be announced January 24.
“Long a filmmaker’s filmmaker, Jane Campion’s exacting use of design and style to fully realize her storytelling have made a significant contribution to the visual language of film, while authoring and fostering the genesis of environments that extend the audience experience far beyond the page“We are thrilled to fete acclaimed director Jane Campion among our celebrated filmmakers this year,” said Adg President Nelson Coates, who made today’s announcement with Adg Awards Producer Michael Allen Glover. “Her ability to tell stories and capture moments that marry the interior...
- 1/21/2022
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Jane Campion, whose latest film The Power of the Dog for Netflix has been playing the fall festival circuit to critical acclaim, has been selected to receive the Director’s Tribute at this year’s Gotham Awards ceremony, which will take place live November 29 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York.
Campion was the first female director to win the Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or, for her lauded 1993 film The Piano, and one of only seven women to be nominated for the Best Director Oscar. The Piano also received over 30 international awards along with nine Academy Award nominations and three wins including for Best Screenplay for Campion. Most recently, Campion was awarded the Silver Lion for directing at the Venice Film Festival for Power of the Dog, which is her first theatrical feature in over a decade and which stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons and Kodi-Smit McPhee.
Campion was the first female director to win the Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or, for her lauded 1993 film The Piano, and one of only seven women to be nominated for the Best Director Oscar. The Piano also received over 30 international awards along with nine Academy Award nominations and three wins including for Best Screenplay for Campion. Most recently, Campion was awarded the Silver Lion for directing at the Venice Film Festival for Power of the Dog, which is her first theatrical feature in over a decade and which stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons and Kodi-Smit McPhee.
- 10/20/2021
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
When French filmmaker Julia Ducournau took the Palme d’Or at Cannes this year for “Titane,” her wild explosion of body horror and gender politics, Jane Campion’s status in film history shifted slightly: no longer the only woman to take the top prize at the festival, the New Zealand writer-director will forevermore be the first. It’s a record that one suspects Campion — as a pioneer in bringing an explicitly feminist perspective to mainstream cinema — couldn’t have been happier to relinquish.
It’s 28 years since Campion’s “The Piano” shared the Palme d’Or, before going on to a level of international success denied most winners of that prize: it grossed $140 million worldwide and won three Oscars, including one for Campion’s original screenplay. Yet this commercial and industry success came at no cost or compromise to its creator’s vision. To re-watch it today is to be...
It’s 28 years since Campion’s “The Piano” shared the Palme d’Or, before going on to a level of international success denied most winners of that prize: it grossed $140 million worldwide and won three Oscars, including one for Campion’s original screenplay. Yet this commercial and industry success came at no cost or compromise to its creator’s vision. To re-watch it today is to be...
- 10/12/2021
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
The Power Of The Dog: Benedict Cumberbatch as Phil Burbank in The Power Of The Dog. Cr. Kirsty Griffin/Netflix © 2021
Film at Lincoln Center announces Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog as the Centerpiece selection for the 59th New York Film Festival, making its New York premiere at Alice Tully Hall on October 1.
Campion reaffirms her status as one of the world’s greatest—and most gratifyingly eccentric—filmmakers with this mesmerizing, psychologically rich variation on the American western. Adapted from a 1967 cult novel by Thomas Savage that was notoriously ahead of its time in depicting repressed sexuality, The Power of the Dog excavates the emotional torment experienced at a Montana cattle ranch in the 1920s. Here, melancholy young widow Rose (Kirsten Dunst) has come to live with her sensitive new husband, George (Jesse Plemons), though their lives are increasingly complicated by the erratic, potentially violent behavior...
Film at Lincoln Center announces Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog as the Centerpiece selection for the 59th New York Film Festival, making its New York premiere at Alice Tully Hall on October 1.
Campion reaffirms her status as one of the world’s greatest—and most gratifyingly eccentric—filmmakers with this mesmerizing, psychologically rich variation on the American western. Adapted from a 1967 cult novel by Thomas Savage that was notoriously ahead of its time in depicting repressed sexuality, The Power of the Dog excavates the emotional torment experienced at a Montana cattle ranch in the 1920s. Here, melancholy young widow Rose (Kirsten Dunst) has come to live with her sensitive new husband, George (Jesse Plemons), though their lives are increasingly complicated by the erratic, potentially violent behavior...
- 7/27/2021
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The 2021 New York Film Festival lineup is coming into focus, with Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog” announced as the Centerpiece screening for the 59th edition hosted by Film at Lincoln Center. Ahead of its Netflix debut, the drama will make its New York premiere at Alice Tully Hall on October 1. Prior to the New York Film Festival, “Power of the Dog” is set to premiere in competition at Venice.
The cast features Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, Benedict Cumberbatch, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Thomasin McKenzie, Frances Conroy, and Keith Carradine. Here’s the synopsis shared by the festival:
Campion reaffirms her status as one of the world’s greatest — and most gratifyingly eccentric — filmmakers with this mesmerizing, psychologically rich variation on the American western. Adapted from a 1967 cult novel by Thomas Savage that was notoriously ahead of its time in depicting repressed sexuality, “The Power of the Dog” excavates the...
The cast features Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, Benedict Cumberbatch, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Thomasin McKenzie, Frances Conroy, and Keith Carradine. Here’s the synopsis shared by the festival:
Campion reaffirms her status as one of the world’s greatest — and most gratifyingly eccentric — filmmakers with this mesmerizing, psychologically rich variation on the American western. Adapted from a 1967 cult novel by Thomas Savage that was notoriously ahead of its time in depicting repressed sexuality, “The Power of the Dog” excavates the...
- 7/27/2021
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog” has been tapped as the centerpiece selection for the 59th New York Film Festival.
The film stars Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, and Benedict Cumberbatch and will be released by Netflix. The streamer has awards ambitions for the Western, a historical drama that unfolds on a Montana cattle ranch in the 1920s. It was recently selected to screen at this year’s Venice Film Festival.
“The Power of the Dog” will have its New York premiere at Alice Tully Hall on Oct. 1. Last week, Film at Lincoln Center, the group behind the annual celebration of moviemaking, announced that this year’s festival will take place in-person. The 2020 edition was a digital affair due to Covid-19. Film at Lincoln Center also announced that Joel Coen’s “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” a black-and-white adaptation of William Shakespeare’s play, has been selected as the festival’s opening night film.
The film stars Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, and Benedict Cumberbatch and will be released by Netflix. The streamer has awards ambitions for the Western, a historical drama that unfolds on a Montana cattle ranch in the 1920s. It was recently selected to screen at this year’s Venice Film Festival.
“The Power of the Dog” will have its New York premiere at Alice Tully Hall on Oct. 1. Last week, Film at Lincoln Center, the group behind the annual celebration of moviemaking, announced that this year’s festival will take place in-person. The 2020 edition was a digital affair due to Covid-19. Film at Lincoln Center also announced that Joel Coen’s “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” a black-and-white adaptation of William Shakespeare’s play, has been selected as the festival’s opening night film.
- 7/27/2021
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog,” starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Kirsten Dunst, has been set as the centerpiece film at the 59th New York Film Festival.
“The Power of the Dog” is a Western set for release through Netflix that stars Cumberbatch, Dunst, Jesse Plemons and Kodi Smit-McPhee. It will make its New York premiere at the Alice Tully Hall on Oct. 1, and was recently added to the Venice Film Festival lineup.
Campion’s film is adapted from a 1967 cult novel by Thomas Savage that was considered ahead of its time in depicting repressed sexuality. “The Power of the Dog” is set at a Montana cattle ranch in the 1920s following a young widow (Dunst) and her new husband (Plemons). Their lives are increasingly complicated by the erratic, potentially violent behavior of his sullen and bullying brother (Cumberbatch), whose mistrust of both Dunst’s character and her misfit...
“The Power of the Dog” is a Western set for release through Netflix that stars Cumberbatch, Dunst, Jesse Plemons and Kodi Smit-McPhee. It will make its New York premiere at the Alice Tully Hall on Oct. 1, and was recently added to the Venice Film Festival lineup.
Campion’s film is adapted from a 1967 cult novel by Thomas Savage that was considered ahead of its time in depicting repressed sexuality. “The Power of the Dog” is set at a Montana cattle ranch in the 1920s following a young widow (Dunst) and her new husband (Plemons). Their lives are increasingly complicated by the erratic, potentially violent behavior of his sullen and bullying brother (Cumberbatch), whose mistrust of both Dunst’s character and her misfit...
- 7/27/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Netflix western stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Jesse Plemons, Kirsten Dunst.
Jane Campion’s The Power Of The Dog has been named as the 59th New York Film Festival’s (NYFF) Centerpiece selection.
Campion’s psychological take on the western genre marks a return to the awards festival circuit for Netflix after the streamer did not ask its filmmakers to travel in support of its awards contenders last season.
Adapted from the 1967 novel by Thomas Savage, The Power Of The Dog takes place on a Montana cattle ranch in the 1920s where the arrival of a young widow and her son at...
Jane Campion’s The Power Of The Dog has been named as the 59th New York Film Festival’s (NYFF) Centerpiece selection.
Campion’s psychological take on the western genre marks a return to the awards festival circuit for Netflix after the streamer did not ask its filmmakers to travel in support of its awards contenders last season.
Adapted from the 1967 novel by Thomas Savage, The Power Of The Dog takes place on a Montana cattle ranch in the 1920s where the arrival of a young widow and her son at...
- 7/27/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Netflix western stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Jesse Plemons, Kirsten Dunst.
Jane Campion’s The Power Of The Dog has been named as the 59th New York Film Festival’s (NYFF) Centerpiece selection.
Campion’s psychological take on the western genre marks a return to the awards festival circuit for Netflix after the streamer did not ask its filmmakers to travel in support of its awards contenders last season.
Adapted from the 1967 novel by Thomas Savage, The Power Of The Dog takes place on a Montana cattle ranch in the 1920s where the arrival of a young widow and her son at...
Jane Campion’s The Power Of The Dog has been named as the 59th New York Film Festival’s (NYFF) Centerpiece selection.
Campion’s psychological take on the western genre marks a return to the awards festival circuit for Netflix after the streamer did not ask its filmmakers to travel in support of its awards contenders last season.
Adapted from the 1967 novel by Thomas Savage, The Power Of The Dog takes place on a Montana cattle ranch in the 1920s where the arrival of a young widow and her son at...
- 7/27/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Pedro Almodovar, Jane Campion, Paolo Sorrentino in the mix.
It may only be the second day of the Cannes Film Festival but industry chatter is growing louder around what could be a very enticing world premiere line-up at the Venice Film Festival – in just eight weeks.
New films from Pedro Almodovar, Jane Campion, and Paolo Sorrentino are all understood to be almost definites to join Denis Villeneuve’s already-confirmed Dune on the Lido. The sci-fi thriller stars Timothée Chalamet and Rebecca Ferguson and will screen out of competition.
Searchlight Pictures’ thriller Nightmare Alley would make a lot of sense for...
It may only be the second day of the Cannes Film Festival but industry chatter is growing louder around what could be a very enticing world premiere line-up at the Venice Film Festival – in just eight weeks.
New films from Pedro Almodovar, Jane Campion, and Paolo Sorrentino are all understood to be almost definites to join Denis Villeneuve’s already-confirmed Dune on the Lido. The sci-fi thriller stars Timothée Chalamet and Rebecca Ferguson and will screen out of competition.
Searchlight Pictures’ thriller Nightmare Alley would make a lot of sense for...
- 7/7/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Director Jane Campion is to receive the Prix Lumiere at the Lumiere Festival in October, it was announced on Monday.
The prestigious honor adds another twist to the already complicated relationship between the Cannes Film Festival, streaming giant Netflix and the leading female director.
Cannes is believed to have offered an out of competition slot in this year’s selection to Campion’s latest film “The Power of the Dog.” But the film is produced for Netflix, which has a testy relationship with Cannes over the festival’s insistence that competition films must receive a French theatrical release.
As that policy would mean a delay of three years before Netflix could play its own movie, it declined and is understood to have taken up an offer to premiere at the rival Venice festival, which kicks off late August.
Campion, however, is an emblematic director for Cannes. She won a Palme...
The prestigious honor adds another twist to the already complicated relationship between the Cannes Film Festival, streaming giant Netflix and the leading female director.
Cannes is believed to have offered an out of competition slot in this year’s selection to Campion’s latest film “The Power of the Dog.” But the film is produced for Netflix, which has a testy relationship with Cannes over the festival’s insistence that competition films must receive a French theatrical release.
As that policy would mean a delay of three years before Netflix could play its own movie, it declined and is understood to have taken up an offer to premiere at the rival Venice festival, which kicks off late August.
Campion, however, is an emblematic director for Cannes. She won a Palme...
- 7/5/2021
- by Patrick Frater and Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Several major distributors return to UK cinemas this weekend.
France, opening Wednesday, October 21
A dozen new films opened in France this week into a complex reality for the country’s distributors and exhibitors following the introduction of a night-time curfew for Paris and eight other major cities on October 17. It was announced yesterday (Oct 22) that the measure will be extended to more than half the country this Saturday (Oct 24) following a further surge in cases over the past week.
Prior to the announcement, a dozen distributors had taken the plunge to release films on Wednesday against already difficult odds. In the backdrop,...
France, opening Wednesday, October 21
A dozen new films opened in France this week into a complex reality for the country’s distributors and exhibitors following the introduction of a night-time curfew for Paris and eight other major cities on October 17. It was announced yesterday (Oct 22) that the measure will be extended to more than half the country this Saturday (Oct 24) following a further surge in cases over the past week.
Prior to the announcement, a dozen distributors had taken the plunge to release films on Wednesday against already difficult odds. In the backdrop,...
- 10/23/2020
- by Ben Dalton¬Martin Blaney¬Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Kate Winslet in an interview discussing her new romance “Ammonite” said that taking the part made her rethink some of her previous roles, and she now regrets working with two once-venerated directors, Woody Allen and Roman Polanski.
Winslet told Vanity Fair Friday that the #MeToo movement and working with director Francis Lee on “Ammonite” made her more aware of how women are portrayed in films and that she wishes she had spoken up on previous projects throughout her career.
“It’s like, what the f— was I doing working with Woody Allen and Roman Polanski? It’s unbelievable to me now how those men were held in such high regard, so widely in the film industry and for as long as they were. It’s f–ing disgraceful,” she told Vanity Fair. “And I have to take responsibility for the fact that I worked with them both. I can’t turn back the clock.
Winslet told Vanity Fair Friday that the #MeToo movement and working with director Francis Lee on “Ammonite” made her more aware of how women are portrayed in films and that she wishes she had spoken up on previous projects throughout her career.
“It’s like, what the f— was I doing working with Woody Allen and Roman Polanski? It’s unbelievable to me now how those men were held in such high regard, so widely in the film industry and for as long as they were. It’s f–ing disgraceful,” she told Vanity Fair. “And I have to take responsibility for the fact that I worked with them both. I can’t turn back the clock.
- 9/11/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Emmy-winning The Handmaid’s Tale star Elisabeth Moss and Avengers: Endgame’s Benedict Cumberbatch are in place to star in a film adaptation of Thomas Savage’s 1967 novel The Power of the Dog from helmer Jane Campion. The project will be presented to buyers at Cannes via Cross City Films.
The story follows wealthy Montana brothers Phil (Cumberbatch) and George Burbank who are two sides of one coin. Phil is graceful, brilliant and cruel where George is stolid, fastidious and gentle. Together they are joint owners of the biggest ranch in their Montana valley. It is a place where men are still men, the rapidly modernizing 20th century is kept at bay and where the figure of Bronco Henry, the greatest cowboy Phil ever knew, is revered. When George secretly marries local widow Rose (Moss), a shocked and angry Phil wages a sadistic, relentless war to destroy her entirely using...
The story follows wealthy Montana brothers Phil (Cumberbatch) and George Burbank who are two sides of one coin. Phil is graceful, brilliant and cruel where George is stolid, fastidious and gentle. Together they are joint owners of the biggest ranch in their Montana valley. It is a place where men are still men, the rapidly modernizing 20th century is kept at bay and where the figure of Bronco Henry, the greatest cowboy Phil ever knew, is revered. When George secretly marries local widow Rose (Moss), a shocked and angry Phil wages a sadistic, relentless war to destroy her entirely using...
- 5/6/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
A Canadian group of rootsy outlaws, an unabashed Nineties-country bro and an Americana duo who excel at hushed elegance make up the 10 new country and Americana artists you need to hear right now.
Black Mountain Whiskey Rebellion
Sounds Like: A fleet of rumbling Iroc-Zs at Talladega revved-up on leaded gasoline and ready to chase the checkered flag
For Fans of: Blackberry Smoke, Whiskey Myers, latter-day Lynyrd Skynyrd
Why You Should Pay Attention: Black Mountain Whiskey Rebellion may seem to have come from nowhere, but this band of Canadians are pros...
Black Mountain Whiskey Rebellion
Sounds Like: A fleet of rumbling Iroc-Zs at Talladega revved-up on leaded gasoline and ready to chase the checkered flag
For Fans of: Blackberry Smoke, Whiskey Myers, latter-day Lynyrd Skynyrd
Why You Should Pay Attention: Black Mountain Whiskey Rebellion may seem to have come from nowhere, but this band of Canadians are pros...
- 7/25/2018
- by Brittney McKenna, Jeff Gage, Marissa R. Moss, David Menconi, Robert Crawford, Chris Parton and Jim Beaugez
- Rollingstone.com
Luke Bracey and Mel Gibson on the Bringelly set of 'Hacksaw Ridge'. (Photo credit: Mark Rogers)
This year's Oscars ceremony went off alright, but not without a hitch (or two).
During the In Memoriam section, a photo of Australian producer Jan Chapman (Love Serenade, Lantana, The Babadook) was shown next to the name of late costume designer Janet Patterson, with whom Chapman worked on several Jane Campion films including The Piano, Bright Star and Holy Smoke..
Patterson died in October last year. Her final film was Thomas Vinterberg's adaptation of Far From the Madding Crowd, starring Carey Mulligan and Matthias Schoenaerts..
.I was devastated by the use of my image in place of my great friend and long-time collaborator Janet Patterson," the still-very-much-breathing Chapman told Variety..
"I had urged her agency to check any photograph which might be used and understand that they were told that the Academy had it covered.
This year's Oscars ceremony went off alright, but not without a hitch (or two).
During the In Memoriam section, a photo of Australian producer Jan Chapman (Love Serenade, Lantana, The Babadook) was shown next to the name of late costume designer Janet Patterson, with whom Chapman worked on several Jane Campion films including The Piano, Bright Star and Holy Smoke..
Patterson died in October last year. Her final film was Thomas Vinterberg's adaptation of Far From the Madding Crowd, starring Carey Mulligan and Matthias Schoenaerts..
.I was devastated by the use of my image in place of my great friend and long-time collaborator Janet Patterson," the still-very-much-breathing Chapman told Variety..
"I had urged her agency to check any photograph which might be used and understand that they were told that the Academy had it covered.
- 2/27/2017
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Gil Hill, a real-life police detective who starred in all three Beverly Hills Cop films as Inspector Douglas Todd, Eddie Murphy's character's boss, died at age 84 on Monday. Hill was admitted to Dmc Sinai-Grace Hospital in northwest Detroit on Feb. 17 with pneumonia, Deadline Detroit reports. He was listed in critical condition and died at the hospital around 4:40 p.m. on Monday, a friend tells the media outlet. Hill had previously undergone treatment for a lung condition. "We are relieved that his passing was peaceful and painless," a family member told Deadline Detroit. "We ask that you pray for...
- 3/1/2016
- by Andrea Park, @scandreapark
- PEOPLE.com
Gil Hill, a real-life police detective who starred in all three Beverly Hills Cop films as Inspector Douglas Todd, Eddie Murphy's character's boss, died at age 84 on Monday. Hill was admitted to Dmc Sinai-Grace Hospital in northwest Detroit on Feb. 17 with pneumonia, Deadline Detroit reports. He was listed in critical condition and died at the hospital around 4:40 p.m. on Monday, a friend tells the media outlet. Hill had previously undergone treatment for a lung condition. "We are relieved that his passing was peaceful and painless," a family member told Deadline Detroit. "We ask that you pray for...
- 3/1/2016
- by Andrea Park, @scandreapark
- PEOPLE.com
During this year's San Diego Comic Con I had a chance to meet and hang out for director Ryan Coogler as he and I were in the same panel over the summer, and we were just talking shop and just being fans of film. Now a few weeks ago I had a chance to talk to Coogler again about his upcoming film "Creed". The film reunites Coogler with his “Fruitvale Station” star Michael B. Jordan as the son of Apollo Creed, and explores a new chapter in the “Rocky” story, starring Academy Award nominee Sylvester Stallone in his iconic role.
Here is what he had to say about the film.
My question is, was it you who come up with the idea to do some sort of like back story to Apollo Creed? How did this all come about? How did you plan the script?
Ryan Coogler: Yeah, it was my idea.
Here is what he had to say about the film.
My question is, was it you who come up with the idea to do some sort of like back story to Apollo Creed? How did this all come about? How did you plan the script?
Ryan Coogler: Yeah, it was my idea.
- 11/24/2015
- by Kellvin Chavez
- LRMonline.com
Academy Award winner Dion Beebe will receive the Fox Studios Australia International Award at the Australians in Film (Aif) annual awards in Los Angeles on Sunday.
Beebe joins the already announced honorees, producer Bruna Papandrea (Orry-Kelly International Award), Elizabeth Debicki. (Breakthrough Award) and Pandemonium Films' Bill Mechanic (Ausfilm International Award).
The awards celebrate the achievements of Australians working in Hollywood and also recognises the contribution of individuals to the Australian film industry.
Fox Studios Australia MD Wayne Borg said, "Dion Beebe is a gifted cinematographer who brings an amazing cinematic vision to every film he works on. His incredible award-winning work can be seen in such films as his early work in Australia on Praise and Holy Smoke to his work in Hollywood on Chicago, Collateral, Into the Woods and the upcoming Michael Bay film 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi." Beebe.s first narrative feature credit Crush was selected...
Beebe joins the already announced honorees, producer Bruna Papandrea (Orry-Kelly International Award), Elizabeth Debicki. (Breakthrough Award) and Pandemonium Films' Bill Mechanic (Ausfilm International Award).
The awards celebrate the achievements of Australians working in Hollywood and also recognises the contribution of individuals to the Australian film industry.
Fox Studios Australia MD Wayne Borg said, "Dion Beebe is a gifted cinematographer who brings an amazing cinematic vision to every film he works on. His incredible award-winning work can be seen in such films as his early work in Australia on Praise and Holy Smoke to his work in Hollywood on Chicago, Collateral, Into the Woods and the upcoming Michael Bay film 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi." Beebe.s first narrative feature credit Crush was selected...
- 10/15/2015
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
Nicole Kidman was honoured at the Women in Film: Crystal + Lucy Awards last night (June 16), and celebrated by kissing close friend Naomi Watts.
The 47-year-old actress - who sparkled in a black sequinned dress - accepted the 2015 Crystal Award for Excellence in Film at the star-studded event, which celebrates creative and groundbreaking women excelling within their chosen fields.
Addressing the audience as she collected the trophy, the star revealed how she has long lived to regret turning down a part offered by Oscar-nominated Holy Smoke! director Jane Campion years ago.
Kidman revealed she declined the role because it required her to wear a shower cap and kiss a girl, and she had always imagined herself being the kind of actress who had long, flowing hair and snogged boys.
As she urged women to "take risks, raise our voices and honour the fire within", she also declared that she was "ready.
The 47-year-old actress - who sparkled in a black sequinned dress - accepted the 2015 Crystal Award for Excellence in Film at the star-studded event, which celebrates creative and groundbreaking women excelling within their chosen fields.
Addressing the audience as she collected the trophy, the star revealed how she has long lived to regret turning down a part offered by Oscar-nominated Holy Smoke! director Jane Campion years ago.
Kidman revealed she declined the role because it required her to wear a shower cap and kiss a girl, and she had always imagined herself being the kind of actress who had long, flowing hair and snogged boys.
As she urged women to "take risks, raise our voices and honour the fire within", she also declared that she was "ready.
- 6/17/2015
- Digital Spy
For Elizabeth Olsen, onscreen nudity is no big deal. The Avengers: Age of Ultron actress didn't always feel that way, though. Speaking to Net-a-Porter's The Edit, Elizabeth reveals it took seeing Kate Winslet performing nude to feel comfortable about doing it herself. "I remember watching Holy Smoke and thinking that it was so reassuring to see a young Kate doing something that was so bold in so many ways," she told the magazine. "I thought to myself, 'Ok, so it doesn't destroy your career if you appear nude or take risks.'" There were those who advised her against, of course. "Not everyone in my family and group of friends thought it was the best idea to be naked in...
- 4/24/2015
- E! Online
Elizabeth Olsen has a message for fellow actresses starting out in Hollywood - it doesn't destroy your career if you appear naked on screen.
The 26-year-old star told Net-a-Porter's The Edit that she took inspiration from a young Kate Winslet in choosing to reveal all for a part.
"I love Kate Winslet and Cate Blanchett," she explained. "I remember watching Holy Smoke and thinking that it was so reassuring to see a young Kate doing something that was so bold in so many ways.
"I thought to myself, 'Ok, so it doesn't destroy your career if you appear nude or take risks', because not everyone in my family and group of friends thought it was the best idea to be naked in a movie.
"There are actresses, young and old, who have decided never to do that and they become those examples people talk to you about, [but] there are times...
The 26-year-old star told Net-a-Porter's The Edit that she took inspiration from a young Kate Winslet in choosing to reveal all for a part.
"I love Kate Winslet and Cate Blanchett," she explained. "I remember watching Holy Smoke and thinking that it was so reassuring to see a young Kate doing something that was so bold in so many ways.
"I thought to myself, 'Ok, so it doesn't destroy your career if you appear nude or take risks', because not everyone in my family and group of friends thought it was the best idea to be naked in a movie.
"There are actresses, young and old, who have decided never to do that and they become those examples people talk to you about, [but] there are times...
- 4/23/2015
- Digital Spy
As problems go, it’s a pretty First World one to be saddled with. You’re a movie star pocketing obscene paychecks to appear in Hollywood blockbusters. But something is missing. Fame and box office success alone aren’t why you started making movies. You are an actor If only your fans could see just how cool and fearless and devoted to the craft you really are. What to do? Worry not. There’s a well-trod path laid out that will put this plight behind you once and for all: You will make a boldly uncommercial art film. The weirder,...
- 4/10/2014
- by Chris Nashawaty
- EW - Inside Movies
Amir here, to welcome you back to Team Top Ten, our monthly poll by all of the website’s contributors. For our first episode in 2014, we are looking at The Greatest Working Cinematographers in the (international) film industry. As long time readers of The Film Experience are surely aware, the visual language of cinema is something Nathaniel and the rest of us are very fond of discussing. Films and filmmakers that have a dash of style and understand cinema as a visual medium always get bonus points around these parts. We celebrate great works in cinematography on a weekly basis in Hit Me With Your Best Shot, but it was time to give the people behind the camera their due.
More than 50 cinematographers from all across the world received votes. If the final, somewhat American-centric, list doesn’t quite reflect that, chalk it up to the natural process of consensus voting.
More than 50 cinematographers from all across the world received votes. If the final, somewhat American-centric, list doesn’t quite reflect that, chalk it up to the natural process of consensus voting.
- 4/5/2014
- by Amir S.
- FilmExperience
Jane Campion, who remains the only female director to win the Palme d’or (for 1993′s The Piano), will head the jury at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. ” is a mythical and exciting festival where amazing things can happen, actors are discovered, films are financed, careers are made,” said Campion. “I know this because that is what happened to me!”
“We are immensely proud that Jane Campion has accepted our invitation,” said Thierry Frémaux, Cannes’ general delegate. “Following on from Michèle Morgan, Jeanne Moreau, Françoise Sagan, Isabelle Adjani, Liv Ullmann and Isabelle Huppert in 2009, she is the latest distinguished...
“We are immensely proud that Jane Campion has accepted our invitation,” said Thierry Frémaux, Cannes’ general delegate. “Following on from Michèle Morgan, Jeanne Moreau, Françoise Sagan, Isabelle Adjani, Liv Ullmann and Isabelle Huppert in 2009, she is the latest distinguished...
- 1/7/2014
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
New Zealand director, producer and scriptwriter Jane Campion will preside over the Jury of the 67th Festival de Cannes, which will take place from 14 to 25 May 2014.
Campion said, “Since I first went to Cannes with my short films in 1986, I have had the opportunity to see the festival from many sides and my admiration for this Queen of film festivals has only grown larger. At the Cannes Film Festival they manage to combine and celebrate the glamour of the industry, the stars, the parties, the beaches, the business, while rigorously maintaining the festival’s seriousness about the Art and excellence of new world cinema.”
Jane Campion is the only female director to have won the Palme d’Or, for The Piano in 1993 and the Short Film Palme d’Or back in 1986 for Peel.
Thierry Frémaux, Cannes Delegate General, said: “We are immensely proud that Jane Campion has accepted our invitation.
Campion said, “Since I first went to Cannes with my short films in 1986, I have had the opportunity to see the festival from many sides and my admiration for this Queen of film festivals has only grown larger. At the Cannes Film Festival they manage to combine and celebrate the glamour of the industry, the stars, the parties, the beaches, the business, while rigorously maintaining the festival’s seriousness about the Art and excellence of new world cinema.”
Jane Campion is the only female director to have won the Palme d’Or, for The Piano in 1993 and the Short Film Palme d’Or back in 1986 for Peel.
Thierry Frémaux, Cannes Delegate General, said: “We are immensely proud that Jane Campion has accepted our invitation.
- 1/7/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
More trouble has come to the Vick family! Marcus Vick, a former college football star and younger brother of Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick, was arrested for driving while high in Georgia.
Holy smoke! Like the Vick family really needed another reason to be sad this holiday season. Marcus Vick — younger brother of Michael Vick, who was benched by the Nfc East champion Eagles when a younger Qb proved his worth — was arrested for driving high on Dec. 30.
Marcus Vick Arrested For Driving While High Take Our Poll
Was he upset that the Eagles clinched the Nfc East while his brother was on the bench? TMZ reports that Marcus was arrested in Georgia on the morning of Dec. 30, and that cops say he was driving while high on marijuana. The 19-year-old former Texas Tech quarterback was driving a 2013 Lexus LX570 when he was stopped 2:30 Am for expired tags, and...
Holy smoke! Like the Vick family really needed another reason to be sad this holiday season. Marcus Vick — younger brother of Michael Vick, who was benched by the Nfc East champion Eagles when a younger Qb proved his worth — was arrested for driving high on Dec. 30.
Marcus Vick Arrested For Driving While High Take Our Poll
Was he upset that the Eagles clinched the Nfc East while his brother was on the bench? TMZ reports that Marcus was arrested in Georgia on the morning of Dec. 30, and that cops say he was driving while high on marijuana. The 19-year-old former Texas Tech quarterback was driving a 2013 Lexus LX570 when he was stopped 2:30 Am for expired tags, and...
- 12/30/2013
- by HL Intern
- HollywoodLife
Joe Jonas is officially having a moment. The middle Jo Bro gave the most in-depth, revealing interview of his life for the Dec. 9 issue of New York Magazine, and among his many revelations was the fact that Miley Cyrus and Demi Lovato pressured him to smoke weed as a teenager.
Holy smoke! Joe Jonas, 24, just blew the lid off his years as a Jonas Brother in a very revealing interview with New York magazine. Stories about losing his virginity and hooking up with fans will undoubtedly make headlines, but we’re still reeling over the fact that fellow Disney alums Miley Cyrus and Demi Lovato, both 21, pressured him to smoke weed!
Joe Jonas: Demi And Miley Pressured Me To Smoke Weed
Joe doesn’t directly address the rehab rumors that circulated after the Jonas Brothers announced their separation in his revealing NY Mag interview, but he does discuss his relationship with drugs and alcohol.
Holy smoke! Joe Jonas, 24, just blew the lid off his years as a Jonas Brother in a very revealing interview with New York magazine. Stories about losing his virginity and hooking up with fans will undoubtedly make headlines, but we’re still reeling over the fact that fellow Disney alums Miley Cyrus and Demi Lovato, both 21, pressured him to smoke weed!
Joe Jonas: Demi And Miley Pressured Me To Smoke Weed
Joe doesn’t directly address the rehab rumors that circulated after the Jonas Brothers announced their separation in his revealing NY Mag interview, but he does discuss his relationship with drugs and alcohol.
- 12/2/2013
- by HL Intern
- HollywoodLife
Holy smoke! Law & Order creator Dick Wolf's NBC drama Chicago Fire mixes buff bods, heroic action and — in a startling change from Wolf's previous procedurals — satisfyingly soapy storylines. This combo has helped make the sophomore series a hot date on Tuesday nights for more than 8 million viewers. "What we're doing here is the equivalent of big studio movies that have huge action sequences," says Wolf...
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- 11/12/2013
- by Ileane Rudolph
- TVGuide - Breaking News
The actor and daughter of Jane Campion talks choosing passion over cash and whether her mum makes sexy films
It's midday in Soho and Alice Englert bundles out of a cab, a dishevelled whirlwind of smiles and hellos and one quick cigarette before the Guardian drags her into a basement. It's actually one of the district's more charming basements, in the depths of an old patisserie. Anyway, Englert is used to being yanked into unwelcoming places: last winter she spent five weeks being physically attacked and psychologically tortured in the foreboding forests of Bodmin Moor. Here, there are cakes.
For his debut film, In Fear, director Jeremy Lovering needed a cast who were happy to be terrorised. In Fear follows a young couple (Englert and Iain De Caestecker) who, driving to an isolated country hotel, find themselves lost in a labyrinth of narrow roads and looming trees. Filmed chronologically and set in real time,...
It's midday in Soho and Alice Englert bundles out of a cab, a dishevelled whirlwind of smiles and hellos and one quick cigarette before the Guardian drags her into a basement. It's actually one of the district's more charming basements, in the depths of an old patisserie. Anyway, Englert is used to being yanked into unwelcoming places: last winter she spent five weeks being physically attacked and psychologically tortured in the foreboding forests of Bodmin Moor. Here, there are cakes.
For his debut film, In Fear, director Jeremy Lovering needed a cast who were happy to be terrorised. In Fear follows a young couple (Englert and Iain De Caestecker) who, driving to an isolated country hotel, find themselves lost in a labyrinth of narrow roads and looming trees. Filmed chronologically and set in real time,...
- 11/9/2013
- by Alex Godfrey
- The Guardian - Film News
Harvey Weinstein has risked his money releasing more Australian films than any other Us distributor so it is fitting that he.ll receive two awards from Aussie organisations this month.
The maverick producer-distributor will receive the inaugural Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts International Fellowship on November 23 at the Canberra International Film Festival.
At the same event he.s being honoured with the festival.s first Body of Work award, recognising his achievements in helping to elevate independent filmmaking from art house to mainstream.
Harvey and his brother Bob founded Miramax Films in 1979 and rapidly became champions of Australian cinema, distributing films such as Jane Campion.s The Piano and Holy Smoke!, John Duigan.s Sirens, Peter Duncan.s Children of the Revolution, P.J. Hogan.s Muriel's Wedding, Mark Joffe.s Cosi, Baz Luhrmann.s Strictly Ballroom and Phil Noyce.s Rabbit-Proof Fence.
Victoria Treole set up the Miramax...
The maverick producer-distributor will receive the inaugural Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts International Fellowship on November 23 at the Canberra International Film Festival.
At the same event he.s being honoured with the festival.s first Body of Work award, recognising his achievements in helping to elevate independent filmmaking from art house to mainstream.
Harvey and his brother Bob founded Miramax Films in 1979 and rapidly became champions of Australian cinema, distributing films such as Jane Campion.s The Piano and Holy Smoke!, John Duigan.s Sirens, Peter Duncan.s Children of the Revolution, P.J. Hogan.s Muriel's Wedding, Mark Joffe.s Cosi, Baz Luhrmann.s Strictly Ballroom and Phil Noyce.s Rabbit-Proof Fence.
Victoria Treole set up the Miramax...
- 11/5/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Harvey Weinstein has risked his money releasing more Australian films than any other Us distributor so it is fitting that he.ll receive two awards from Aussie organisations this month.
The maverick producer-distributor will receive the inaugural Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts International Fellowship on November 23 at the Canberra International Film Festival.
At the same event he.s being honoured with the festival.s first Body of Work award, recognising his achievements in helping to elevate independent filmmaking from art house to mainstream.
Harvey and his brother Bob founded Miramax Films in 1979 and rapidly became champions of Australian cinema, distributing films such as Jane Campion.s The Piano and Holy Smoke!, John Duigan.s Sirens, Peter Duncan.s Children of the Revolution, P.J. Hogan.s Muriel's Wedding, Mark Joffe.s Cosi, Baz Luhrmann.s Strictly Ballroom and Phil Noyce.s Rabbit-Proof Fence.
Victoria Treole set up the Miramax...
The maverick producer-distributor will receive the inaugural Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts International Fellowship on November 23 at the Canberra International Film Festival.
At the same event he.s being honoured with the festival.s first Body of Work award, recognising his achievements in helping to elevate independent filmmaking from art house to mainstream.
Harvey and his brother Bob founded Miramax Films in 1979 and rapidly became champions of Australian cinema, distributing films such as Jane Campion.s The Piano and Holy Smoke!, John Duigan.s Sirens, Peter Duncan.s Children of the Revolution, P.J. Hogan.s Muriel's Wedding, Mark Joffe.s Cosi, Baz Luhrmann.s Strictly Ballroom and Phil Noyce.s Rabbit-Proof Fence.
Victoria Treole set up the Miramax...
- 11/5/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Holy smoke, Jenny McCarthy — you’ve made a powerful enemy now. Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights has taken aim at the recently installed “View” co-host, over comments she made on Wednesday’s episode of the ABC daytime gab-fest. Also read: ‘The View’: ‘No Truth’ to Report of Jenny McCarthy Striking Out According to Donohue, McCarthy “went into a tizzy” about the Church, complaining that her mother was once denied an annulment. As a result, McCarthy said, her mother “cries during Communion because she watches all her friends go up there.” McCarthy added,...
- 10/23/2013
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
James Wan blazed onto the scene with the audacious indie "Saw," then continued to carve out an especially unsettling niche in the horror genre with the low-budget box-office hit "Insidious" and this summer's runaway hit, "The Conjuring." Now, "Insidious: Chapter 2," which opens this Friday (the 13th) takes us deeper into "The Further," and the horrifying cliffhanger teased in the original film is now a "Shining"-esque situation where daddy isn't quite himself.
We sat down with Wan back in July, as his last interview of the day. He was a little weary of talking about ghosts and horror, and we soon learned why: he intends this to be his last film in the genre. He did, however, perk up when talking about a reality TV horror show that genuinely terrified him and his plans for the genre he plans to put his stamp on next.
Moviefone: This story, which...
We sat down with Wan back in July, as his last interview of the day. He was a little weary of talking about ghosts and horror, and we soon learned why: he intends this to be his last film in the genre. He did, however, perk up when talking about a reality TV horror show that genuinely terrified him and his plans for the genre he plans to put his stamp on next.
Moviefone: This story, which...
- 9/10/2013
- by Sharon Knolle
- Moviefone
Acting guru and ex-Parisian pimp — seriously — James Lipton has never had trouble attracting big names to Inside the Actors Studio, which began airing on Bravo in 1994. Lipton’s first interview was with former Actors Studio president Paul Newman; the show’s first season also featured heavy hitters like Alec Baldwin, Sally Field, Dennis Hopper, Arthur Miller, Neil Simon, and Stephen Sondheim.
Nearly 20 years later, Lipton has chatted with hundreds of boldfaced names both awe-inspiring (Meryl Streep! Morgan Freeman! ) and… occasionally less awe-inspiring (was anyone really yearning to hear J. Lo describe her craft?). And naturally, those visits have produced days...
Nearly 20 years later, Lipton has chatted with hundreds of boldfaced names both awe-inspiring (Meryl Streep! Morgan Freeman! ) and… occasionally less awe-inspiring (was anyone really yearning to hear J. Lo describe her craft?). And naturally, those visits have produced days...
- 5/29/2013
- by Hillary Busis
- EW.com - PopWatch
Warning: Somewhat Nsfw.
If there's one thing you can count on from "The Hangover Part III," it's that at some point in the film, Zach Galifianakis (and probably Ken Jeong, too) is gonna let it all hang out.
Now, while we respect such a display of uninhibited revelry, it doesn't mean that anybody — and we mean anybody — necessarily wanted to see such a thing. Let's face it (or, rather, let's not) — there are just some people who need to keep their junk in the trunk.
Speaking of which, here are nine nude scenes that made us wanna cover our eyes.
9. Philip Seymour Hoffman, 'Before the Devil Knows You're Dead' (2007)
The opening shot of director Sidney Lumet's last film shows Philip Seymour Hoffman energetically humping Marisa Tomei. Say what you will about the big guy, but he seems a more than capable lover ... not that we needed any visual proof of that.
If there's one thing you can count on from "The Hangover Part III," it's that at some point in the film, Zach Galifianakis (and probably Ken Jeong, too) is gonna let it all hang out.
Now, while we respect such a display of uninhibited revelry, it doesn't mean that anybody — and we mean anybody — necessarily wanted to see such a thing. Let's face it (or, rather, let's not) — there are just some people who need to keep their junk in the trunk.
Speaking of which, here are nine nude scenes that made us wanna cover our eyes.
9. Philip Seymour Hoffman, 'Before the Devil Knows You're Dead' (2007)
The opening shot of director Sidney Lumet's last film shows Philip Seymour Hoffman energetically humping Marisa Tomei. Say what you will about the big guy, but he seems a more than capable lover ... not that we needed any visual proof of that.
- 5/20/2013
- by Zach Laws
- NextMovie
It.s mid-December and Jane Campion is three days away from finishing post-production on the final episode of TV series Top of the Lake. We.re sitting in See-Saw Films. Paddington office and she.s looking at her phone reading a message from leading lady Elisabeth Moss. She.s pleased and Moss is ecstatic. ..Jane, you can have whatever you want... you can have my first-born child. I just watched the first two episodes: I.m completely blown away, I.m speechless...
It.s a ringing endorsement from the American actor whose casting nearly turned the New Zealand-set production on its head before a single frame was even shot. Moss plays Robin Griffin, a straight-talking detective called into investigate the mysterious disappearance of a pregnant twelve year-old in Top of the Lake, Campion.s six-part crime mystery involving lashings of murder, drugs and sex.
For the director, Moss. initial audition...
It.s a ringing endorsement from the American actor whose casting nearly turned the New Zealand-set production on its head before a single frame was even shot. Moss plays Robin Griffin, a straight-talking detective called into investigate the mysterious disappearance of a pregnant twelve year-old in Top of the Lake, Campion.s six-part crime mystery involving lashings of murder, drugs and sex.
For the director, Moss. initial audition...
- 5/16/2013
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
There may be no filmmaker better at portraying the differences between men and women than Jane Campion, whose latest work, the masterful seven-part miniseries "Top of the Lake," premieres tonight, March 18th, on the Sundance Channel. Putting it that way has the potential to make her output sound strident instead of vital, unsetting and sexy, all qualities her films and now television projects have displayed, but it's the truth. Campion has an unparalleled interest in and endlessly provocative take on how the sexes clash, communicate and come together, from the jagged dark romance of "The Piano" to the duel at the center of "Holy Smoke!" and the dreamy, ominous eroticism of the unfairly maligned "In the Cut." "Top of the Lake," which Campion co-directed with Garth Davis and wrote with Gerard Lee (her collaborator on "Sweetie"), comes to TV after having screened in full at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year.
- 3/18/2013
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
Another film that is sure to be the talk of the festival this year is something from Australian filmmaker Jane Campion (Sweetie, The Piano, Holy Smoke, In the Cut, Bright Star) and Garth Davis - a six-hour long (originally made for TV) "powerful and haunting mystery" titled Top of the Lake, premiering at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival in January. The film was just announced in the Premieres line-up yesterday where it actually states in the information that "this six-hour film will screen once during the Festival." A 12-year-old girl stands chest deep in a frozen lake. She is five months pregnant, and won't say who the father is. Then she disappears. So begins a haunting mystery that consumes a community. A photo below. First look from Sundance found via The Film Stage of Jane Campion's Top of the Lake. Stay tuned for more. From the guide: "Top of the...
- 12/4/2012
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Kate Winslet is no stranger to nudity. The actress has appeared at least partially naked in films such as Little Children, Holy Smoke!, and The Reader — not to mention that iconic scene from Titanic — but Winslet is now opening up about why she’s repeatedly chosen to bare all, and she shared it’s not always just a character choice.
She told Britain’s The Sun, “I look like the people that walk down the street. I don’t have perfect boobs, I don’t have zero cellulite — of course I don’t — and I’m curvy. If that is...
She told Britain’s The Sun, “I look like the people that walk down the street. I don’t have perfect boobs, I don’t have zero cellulite — of course I don’t — and I’m curvy. If that is...
- 7/2/2012
- by Erin Strecker
- EW.com - PopWatch
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